countercause
English
Etymology
counter- + cause
Noun
countercause (plural countercauses)
- A cause that opposes or counteracts another cause.
- 2010, Lynn S. Chancer, High-Profile Crimes: When Legal Cases Become Social Causes (page 170)
- Thus Edi Faal in the “Reginald Denny” case, and Johnnie Cochran in the “O.J. Simpson” case, developed countercauses that put the state itself on the defensive.
- 2010, Lynn S. Chancer, High-Profile Crimes: When Legal Cases Become Social Causes (page 170)